Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

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Returns the number of repetitions of the 

 fieldName as it is currently 

formatted on layoutName (which could be different from the number of repetitions when 

the field was defined), and the orientation of the field repetitions (horizontal or vertical) on 
the layout. If fieldName isn’t a repeating field, it returns 

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FieldRepetitions(“Customers”;“Data Entry”;“Business Phone”) returns 

 if the Business Phone field is defined as a repeating field with five repetitions 

but is formatted to only show three repetitions in a vertical orientation on the Data Entry 
layout.

FieldStyle(fileName;layoutName;fieldName)

fileName - the name of an open

 (local or remote).

layoutName - the name of a 

fieldName - the name of a 

 on the specified layout.

See “Design functions” on page 41 for information about literal text parameters.

text

Returns the field formatting applied to fieldName on layoutName in the fileName file. 

If the field has a value list associated with it, the FieldStyle function also returns the 

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A standard field returns 

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A standard field with a vertical scroll bar returns 

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A drop-down list returns 

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A pop-up menu returns 

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A Checkbox returns 

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A Radio button returns